Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the coordinated bomb and gun attacks in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, a news agency linked to the militant group reported on Thursday.
"Islamic State fighters carried out an armed attack this morning targeting foreign nationals and the security forces charged with protecting them in the Indonesian capital," Aamaaq news agency, which is allied to the group, said on its Telegram channel.
At least seven people, including five attackers, were killed in the explosions and gun battle between police and the attackers in the central business district of the city.
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The Jakarta police chief Tito Karnavian also said Islamist militant group Islamic State is "definitely" behind the attack on Indonesia's capital, Reuters reported.
"ISIS is behind this attack definitely," Tito Karnavian told reporters.
Karnavian said Indonesian Islamic State fighter Bahrun Naim, who is believed to be in Syria, was "planning this for awhile. He is behind this attack."
Earlier, police said the group had made specific threats ahead of Thursday's attacks.
Six blasts occurred about 50 metres apart in the central business district, which also houses a United Nations office.
